PYLES v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORPORATION

No. 23358.

372 F.2d 611 (1967)

Charles PYLES, Jr., Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORPORATION, Appellee. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Charles PYLES, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Edward W. Watson, Galveston, Tex., Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Galveston, Tex., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Charles Pyles, Jr., sued The American Trading and Production Corporation in an action at law for an injury to his back allegedly caused on July 16, 1964, by the negligence of the defendant and the unseaworthiness of its ocean-going tanker, the S. S. Maryland Trader. Demand was also made for maintenance and cure. On June 17, 1965, a jury found that plaintiff caused his own injury entirely but that he had not reached maximum cure...

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